In the aftermath of a national tragedy (which can include mass shootings, natural disasters, and terrorist attacks among other things), the commentary on social media is usually fast and flowing, with people of different political persuasions and backgrounds sharing their thoughts on what happened, who is allegedly to blame, where do we go from here, etc.
Tempers frequently rise on platforms like Facebook and Twitter/X after these types of events, and the result typically includes people yelling over each other (more so than normal) and trying to get the last word, claiming that whatever happened supposedly proves what they’ve been saying all along on a particular issue.
We see this often after mass shootings, where pro-gun control leftists and their mainstream media allies are quick to blame supporters of the Second Amendment for what happened well before the facts of the particular case in question are known.
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On Wednesday, many in the United States woke up to the news on social media that on New Year’s Day, there had been not one but possibly two terrorist attacks on American soil.
There was the Bourbon Street (New Orleans) street massacre happening in the overnight hours, which killed at least 15 and injured many more. Then, there was the Tesla Cybertruck explosion in front of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas that occurred just before 9 am Pacific time, which killed one (the vehicle’s occupant) and injured seven others.
Early on, the FBI indicated that the NOLA attack, which reportedly was perpetrated by ISIS-supporting U.S. citizen Shamsud Din Jabbar, was being investigated as a terrorist attack, clearing up some confusion that took place after one FBI-New Orleans official bizarrely proclaimed initially that the vehicle ramming through a crowd of holiday celebrants was “not a terrorist event.”
The Vegas cybertruck explosion, meanwhile, is being investigated as a possible act of terrorism though there have been no definitive declarations on that front just yet (even as signs point in that direction).
As the investigation continues, there are those on social media who maybe should have just stayed off it after the attacks were reported, and that includes liberal influencer Ron Filipkowski, who is the editor-in-chief of the wildly deceptive MeidasTouch outfit.
Filipkowski, who among other notorious things has been credited alongside pseudo-journalist Aaron Rupar for making the out-of-context Trump “bloodbath” remarks video clips go viral over the summer, tweeted this after the cybertruck incident:
A real photo and perfect metaphor heading into 2025. pic.twitter.com/q8dmesSCh9
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) January 1, 2025
While it got 40,000 retweets (as of this writing), it also generated a lot of backlash, with conservative GOTV activist Scott Presler leading the charge:
This user should not be able to make money from celebrating terrorism. @Support
— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) January 1, 2025
This utter clown celebrates terrorism and somehow gets more than 300,000 likes for the effort.
Several people were injured. It could have been much worse. Ron sees it as a perfect time for a cheap laugh. Just a sick human being. https://t.co/x2s0h8h9mJ
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) January 2, 2025
You might want to check the dip stick on your humanity, Ron. Looks like you’ve run a bit low. https://t.co/PVrNnkyuXB
— Phineas Fahrquar (@irishspy) January 2, 2025
That’s assuming he had any to begin with, of course.
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